SCO Leaders Conclude Agreement on Regional Anti-Terrorism Agency

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SCO Leaders Conclude Agreement on Regional Anti-Terrorism Agency

The presidents of the six member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) signed Friday an agreement on setting up a permanent regional anti-terrorism agency and strengthening cooperation amongthe member countries in the field of security.

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The presidents of the six member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) signed Friday in St. Petersburg an agreement on setting up a permanent regional anti-terrorism agency and strengthening cooperation amongthe member countries in the field of security.

The SCO member countries realize that terrorism, separatism and extremism are posing threat to world peace and security, to the development of friendly relations among countries, and to the basic rights and freedom of people.

Therefore, the SCO members said in the agreement that they areconvinced that concerted actions must be taken, including heightened collaboration to crack down upon terrorism, separatism and extremism, so as to guarantee territorial integrity, security and stability.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev, Tajiki President Emomali Rakhmonov and Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov signed the agreement.

They agreed that the regional anti-terrorism agency of the SCOwill base its headquarters in Bishkek of Kyrgyzstan, and the main function of the agency is to coordinate the member nation actions against terrorism, separatism,and extremism.

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